Four Points sits in Webb County, within the oil-rich window of the Eagle Ford Shale that made this part of South Texas one of the busiest drilling areas in the country during the 2010s.

Webb County was ground zero for a lot of Eagle Ford development, and the area around Four Points saw real horizontal drilling activity targeting the oil window. Wells here decline steeply in the first year or two before flattening into a longer tail, and the tract desk underwrites each interest off that specific curve rather than an average across the whole play.

Webb County permitting records also tell the tract desk whether an operator is still actively developing the area around your tract or has effectively moved on to other acreage.

Oil window versus condensate or dry gas

The Eagle Ford shifts from oily in the north to condensate and dry gas further south and east. Four Points sits in a part of Webb County generally within the oil window, which matters for how the tract desk prices your interest relative to areas closer to the gas fairway.

Steep early decline, longer tail

Eagle Ford horizontal wells typically show a sharp production drop in the first twelve to eighteen months. The tract desk checks where your well sits on that curve today, since a well five years into production values very differently than one drilled last year.

A well in year six or seven of production is a very different underwriting case than one still in its first eighteen months, even if both sit in the same section.

Ranch-scale leasing and pooling

South Texas Eagle Ford leasing was often done on larger ranch-scale tracts. The tract desk traces your interest through the specific lease and any pooling or unitization documents to confirm your actual decimal interest.

Fix the Property Line First

Every review begins with the county record, legal description, ownership fraction, lease position, producing status, wells, units, and paid decimal. Surface location can help find a tract, but it does not prove the mineral interest or participation in nearby development.

Place the Tract in the Producing Context

Formation, field, well vintages, spacing, operator acreage, offsets, permits, and development pace around a subject tract belong in separate evidence lanes. The property's own history carries more weight than activity that does not include the acreage.

Reconcile the Revenue Line

Statements, division orders, unit records, volumes, prices, taxes, deductions, downtime, adjustments, burdens, and decimal changes should reconcile before current revenue or remaining production is projected for the tract.

Write the Conveyance

The written purchase file should identify the right conveyed, county, legal description, fractions or acres, depths, products, wells, units, reservations, effective date, receivables, title standard, adjustment rights, funding, and recording sequence.

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Owner Questions for This Texas Property File

Resolve these owner questions before a Texas mineral purchase is reduced to a single dollars-per-acre number.

Is Four Points in the Eagle Ford oil window?

Generally yes, though the exact position of your section matters. The tract desk checks offset well data to confirm.

How steep is the decline on these wells?

Eagle Ford horizontals typically drop sharply in the first year or two before flattening. The tract desk model that curve against your well's actual current production.

Is there still drilling activity in this part of Webb County?

Activity has slowed from the 2010s peak but continues in places. The tract desk checks current permitting near your section.

What do you need to evaluate the owner's interest?

Your lease or deed and a recent division order or check stub if available.

How do you verify which well is actually paying the owner's royalty?

The tract desk match your division order or check stub against the operator's well records to confirm the exact well and unit generating your payment.

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Put This Interest on a Tract File

Send the county, property description, producing status, operator or well name, and the documents already available.